Primitive elvish
ñgothō
noun. foe
Derivatives
- ᴺQ. notto “*enemy”
Element in
- ✶Moriñgotho “Black Foe” ✧ PE19/081
kottō Reconstructed
noun. foe
Derivations
- √KOT “hate; be wroth, quarrel, be wroth, quarrel, [ᴹ√]strive; [√] hate”
Derivatives
This primitive word is attested in the form ñgothō as part of a later version of the ancient name of Morgoth, but it difficult to reconcile with attested derivatives. It would have produced S. ✱goth instead of attested coth and Q. ñotho instead of attested kotumo. It probably also means that the root ᴹ√KOT(H) and all of its derivatives would need to be altered to have an initial ✶ñg-.
Rather than eliminate all of these derivatives, this entry uses the unattested form ✶kottō as the primitive word for "foe".